Dukes take game two
Spectacular performances from Joe McKeown, Tyson Teichmann underline strong team win The ice had already begun to tilt in the Dukes favour after a stunningly fast and furious second period in Wellington on Wednesday night. Late in the third period the score was 2-0 for the Dukes and for 15 minutes the Dukes controlled the […]
Dukes win game one
Twenty one seconds into the game and the Dukes had the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners hemmed in their own end. The puck cycled back to Kyle Paat, positioned at the high slot. Paat’s shot sailed inbound, waist high. Captain Erick Delaurentis got his stick on the puck dipping it past the Kirkland Lake netminder. Goal. […]
No, thanks
Council advised to wait and see County staff is recommending that council decline an invitation to join a coalition in a novel attempt by municipalities to control the development of industrial wind turbines in Ontario. Since the Green Energy Act was made law in 2009—municipalities have largely been stripped of the authority to regulate where […]
Hospital planning
Latest proposal to be unveiled on May 2 Anew hospital in Picton? Plans to replace the aging and now grossly oversized Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital (PECMH) with a new facility have been considered for several years. The need for modern infection controls and better integration with the County’s family health team and other community […]
Tournament week
The Dudley Hewitt Cup arrives in Wellington The Toronto Lakeshore Patriots emerged as Buckland Cup champions over the Aurora Tigers on Easter Sunday afternoon. The Patriots have earned the right to represent the OJHL at the Dudley Hewitt Cup next week in Wellington. The winner will go on to the RBC Cup in Vernon B.C. […]
Gilead Road house fire
BREAKING: House fire on Gilead Road. Fully engulfed. Spotted by passerby. No one at home. 20 fire crew on scene
Another plan
Decision on fire hall plan put off until June They had come to administer the final blow, to finish what they had started a week earlier when, as a committee of council—in a tie vote—they decided to kill the recommendation for a nine-station fire plan including a new firehall near the traffic circle west of […]
Faceless enemy
Government regulators tilt playing field in favour of large multi-national competitors and away from small County businesses Ki is a fine upscale restaurant in downtown Toronto serving Japanese cuisine. Last year, Ki wanted to offer its customers a unique spirit called Shochu—a new rice-based product from 66 Gilead in Prince Edward County. Ki contacted the […]
Next step
PECFN asks court to hear its appeal The Prince Edward County Field Naturalists (PECFN) have taken the next step in their fight to prevent industrial wind turbines from ever being constructed on Ostrander Point in South Marysburgh. Last week, PECFN, through its lawyer Eric Gillespie, sought leave to appeal a Divisional Court ruling that overturned […]
Do not approve
Municipality tells province to reject wpd Canada’ wind project The municipality of Prince Edward will ask the Ontario Ministry of Environment not to approve wpd Canada’s White Pines Project—29 industrial wind turbines from Milford to the edge of the Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area. In a report presented to a committee of council last […]